Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 10 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 24 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 5 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Steven Gerrard ranks #78 in Football
Steven Gerrard ranks 78th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 326th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 80, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 875 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2016 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, appearances for liverpool 710, career goals 186, england caps 114.
Immediately ahead sits Oliver Kahn on 83.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ruud Gullit on 84.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Steven Gerrard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gerrard stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Gerrard comparisons
Steven Gerrard — frequently asked
- Is Steven Gerrard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Steven Gerrard ranks 78th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Steven Gerrard's GOAT Score?
- 83.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Steven Gerrard rank all time?
- 326th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 78th within Football.
- Steven Gerrard vs Oliver Kahn: who ranks higher?
- Oliver Kahn, on 83.5 against Steven Gerrard's 83.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.